2019 Headliners

[JSmurphy]

 

[shuttlep]

53 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Them subbing this year was essentially an admittance from them that they're never gonna headline and sub is the best they could hope for. They aren't getting any bigger. It's all downhill from here for them.

I would have said the same about Coldplay

 

they are more than big enough to headline,  I think them before Edd was very random

[Tommy101]

46 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

2 years is a long time in music.

Taylor Swift and the Arctic Monkeys would probably be the favourites to do it as it stands IMO. Kendrick could well be the other, but I think a grime act is more likely.

New Arctic Monkeys record confirmed for this year apparently, their own tours next year then high profile festival circuit 2019?

[kingcrawler]

7 minutes ago, shuttlep said:

I would have said the same about Coldplay

 

they are more than big enough to headline,  I think them before Edd was very random

Yeah, Coldplay probably have peaked but that peak is being the biggest band in the world. Even if their popularity dips a little they'll still be a huge act and whether people on here like it or not will definitely headline again. Compare that to Biffy who at their peak were more along the lines of Arcade Fire or Kasabian in terms of recent headliners and that peak was at least four years ago.

[Amy Lawn]

2 hours ago, shuttlep said:

I would have said the same about Coldplay

 

they are more than big enough to headline,  I think them before Edd was very random

You are quite out of touch with the zeitgeist there, friend.

[FuzzyDunlop]

15 hours ago, Tommy101 said:

New Arctic Monkeys record confirmed for this year apparently, their own tours next year then high profile festival circuit 2019?

I would guess so. I have a funny relationship with the Arctic Monkeys. I think they are definitely a lot of rungs up from the indie landfill, I always enjoy them when I hear their stuff, but I hardly listen to them.

[shuttlep]

14 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

You are quite out of touch with the zeitgeist there, friend.

I always have been

 

I am still waiting for BananaRama to headline

[Quark]

The never-ending quandary over headliners.

Big well-known established band - too predictable

Newer band currently ruling the world - not enough back catalogue

Established band with high quality but not chart-troubling - won't pull a crowd

Band with guitars - why do we always have a guitar band?

Rap / hip hop / grime act - not right for Glastonbury / Kanye didn't work

Popular band smashing the charts - too mainstream / bland / poppy

Previous headliner guaranteed to put on a show - safe option

[addicted2noise]

3 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

I would guess so. I have a funny relationship with the Arctic Monkeys. I think they are definitely a lot of rungs up from the indie landfill, I always enjoy them when I hear their stuff, but I hardly listen to them.

Yeah I find them more consistently very good rather than great, each album always have moments brilliance but one or two duff tracks too. 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

21 hours ago, JSmurphy said:

 

WWD came out two years ago next week so I assumed the follow-up would be almost done by now. Oh well.

[nikkic]

21 minutes ago, Zac Quinn said:

WWD came out two years ago next week so I assumed the follow-up would be almost done by now. Oh well.

They've only just finished touring though so perhaps they were waiting for the break before starting the new one.  

Of all the bands who could step up I think they are one of the most likely, a lot will depend on how this next album is received I guess. 

[guypjfreak]

9 hours ago, Quark said:

The never-ending quandary over headliners.

Big well-known established band - too predictable

Newer band currently ruling the world - not enough back catalogue

Established band with high quality but not chart-troubling - won't pull a crowd

Band with guitars - why do we always have a guitar band?

Rap / hip hop / grime act - not right for Glastonbury / Kanye didn't work

Popular band smashing the charts - too mainstream / bland / poppy

Previous headliner guaranteed to put on a show - safe option

Rap /hippidy hop /Grim acts no good for Glastonbury.. Well said old son 

[guypjfreak]

I'd like to see levellers come back to headline a stage in 2019.. 

Great music. Great back catalogue and seems to fit Glastonbury well even tho they and Mr E seem to have had a falling out in the past.. 

Better than coldplay or Tyler swift lol

[stuartbert two hats]

9 hours ago, Quark said:

The never-ending quandary over headliners.

Big well-known established band - too predictable

Newer band currently ruling the world - not enough back catalogue

Established band with high quality but not chart-troubling - won't pull a crowd

Band with guitars - why do we always have a guitar band?

Rap / hip hop / grime act - not right for Glastonbury / Kanye didn't work

Popular band smashing the charts - too mainstream / bland / poppy

Previous headliner guaranteed to put on a show - safe option

I largely agree, except for this one

"Big well-known established band - too predictable"

If we're talking bands who haven't played before, then the problem is that there aren't enough of them and there's interminable negotiation over fees (Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac). Other than Fleetwood Mac, I can't think of any other established bands big enough to play.

[Steve1000]

54 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

 Other than Fleetwood Mac, I can't think of any other established bands big enough to play.

AC/DC, GNR , Maiden, Depeche, Pearl Jam, Eminem + Madonna (if not only bands) etc etc

although all of the above will probably never happen

Edited August 23, 2017 by Steve1000

[Amy Lawn]

I find it quite sad that Madonna will never be booked to headline, there's loads of male artists who've been allowed to grow old and do all kinds of stupid shit and people still lap them up.

[dentalplan]

Woulda thought Madge's absence was her call rather than the festival's.

[eFestivals]

8 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Woulda thought Madge's absence was her call rather than the festival's.

that's my guess, based on the salary-like prices of her shows.

[ghostdancer1]

I'll humour him and say, yes of course, it's because she's a woman that she's never headlined.

happy now?

[Yokel Again]

11 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

I'd like to see levellers come back to headline a stage in 2019.. 

 

Yes yes yes!

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

I'd like to see levellers come back to headline a stage in 2019.

or just go to your choice of about 20 festivals in almost any year to see them headline a stage.

[guypjfreak]

11 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

Rap /hippidy hop /Grim acts no good for Glastonbury.. Well said old son 

Come on down voted for that........give this genre of music a stage of their own old sons.. Give them a field of their own.... I know some people like it... Christ I'll be even nicer give them a festival of their own...... 

[guypjfreak]

12 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

or just go to your choice of about 20 festivals in almost any year to see them headline a stage.

It's more for the nostalgia of the festival old son.. Or you could just have coldplay again.. 

Nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia imo 

[dentalplan]

13 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Come on down voted for that........give this genre of music a stage of their own old sons.. Give them a field of their own.... I know some people like it... Christ I'll be even nicer give them a festival of their own...... 

Give Levellers a festival of their own.

[guypjfreak]

19 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Give Levellers a festival of their own.

Yak Yak Yakk lol